More people are dying of an asbestos-related lung disease in Dartford and Gravesham than in most of the country, it has been revealed. Between 2010 and 2014, 19 people died in Dartford and 30 people died of mesothelioma in Gravesham, giving mortality rates of 5.1
The incidence of mesothelioma in Iceland today continues to rise, despite a nationwide ban on asbestos that began more than 30 year ago. A recent study conducted in this Nordic island nation illustrates just how difficult it will be to end the worldwide horrors of mesothelioma and
Prestwick beach is being reopened a week after it was closed following the discovery of asbestos-containing material. South Ayrshire Council closed the beach on 29 July and brought in a specialist contractor to clear the area. The substance is believed to have been washed ashore
The news that asbestos is slipping through our borders in cheap building materials from China and India means it remains an issue fraught with tragedy. The revelation that some building materials imported to Australia are contaminated with asbestos shows the fight to eradicate this deadly
The government of Western Australia (WA) will carry out an audit of the products of Chinese materials supplier Yuanda after white asbestos was discovered in roof panels by a worker at the under-construction Perth Children’s Hospital last week. Main contractor on the A$1.2bn scheme, Chinese-owned John Holland,
Campaigners are concerned that asbestos is still lying in rubble after former classrooms on the St Cuthman’s site were knocked down four years ago. And they are frustrated that the former classrooms, which still have not been cleared away, are now needed and would have
The Perth Children’s Hospital is safe for workers to return to following an asbestos contamination scare last week, according to evaluation by an independent expert. Last week it was discovered the hospital’s concrete roof panels supplied by Chinese building and manufacturing firm Yuanda contained asbestos, sparking fears
Area not isolated for 24 hours after Perth children’s hospital workers covered in chrysotile while drilling into a roof panel. Building giant John Holland has defended the steps it has taken to help workers who were exposed to asbestos at Perth’s new children’s hospital. Workers
More asbestos has been discovered in a disused tip uncovered when the Boxing Day floods caused a landslip. Scout Road in Mytholmroyd has been shut since the hillside started to slide under the force of floodwater. It uncovered asbestos buried in a council tip decades
Workers “downed tools” at a major housing development after five lorryloads of soil possibly contaminated with asbestos were dumped on the site. Workers “downed tools” at a major housing development after five lorryloads of soil possibly contaminated with asbestos were dumped on the site. The
